Environment

• Thursday, August 5th 2010 - 01:32 UTC

  Mining and agriculture disputing scarce water resources in northern Chile

  

  With the mining industry increasing its presence in northern Chile, problems over resources are arising between the mining and agricultural industries, especially over water.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 21:02 UTC

  Vegetables and meat prices push Uruguay’s inflation in July above 1%

  

  Uruguay’s consumer inflation increased 1.09% in July accumulating 4.21% so far this year and 6.29% in the last twelve months, which is in the target range of the Central bank.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 15:37 UTC

  Southern Chile Commerson dolphins’ population falls dramatically

  

  A recent study showed a reduction in the population of Commerson’s Dolphins living in the southern tip of Chile. Commerson’s are also known as Panda Dolphins (or Tonina Overa in Spanish).

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 15:28 UTC

  Brazil greens claim 300.000 sharks have been killed for their fins

  

  Demand for shark fin soup in Asia has been blamed for the illegal killing of nearly 300,000 sharks off Brazil, an environmental group has alleged. The Environmental Justice Institute in Brazil has accused a seafood exporter (Siglo do Brasil Comercio) of illegally killing nearly 300,000 sharks.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 05:50 UTC

  Santiago suffering the coldest July since 1908: 2 degrees below monthly average

  

  Santiago just had the coldest July since 1908 with an average temperature of 6 degrees Celsius. That is 2 degrees under the usual monthly average, according to the Department of Geophysics of the University of Chile.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 05:23 UTC

  Brutal slaughter of pilot whales in Denmark’s Faroe Islands

  

  The disembowelled bodies of brutally slaughtered whales line a dockside just 230 miles from Britain - as families with children wander among them, according to a report from The Sun.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:48 UTC

  Galapagos Islands removed from list of endangered sites

  

  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee (WHC) Wednesday removed the Galapagos Islands (belonging to Ecuador) from its list of endangered sites, reported the organization currently holding its 34th session in Brazil.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:43 UTC

  UN General Assembly declare access to clean water a human right

  

  Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human rights, the General Assembly declared Wednesday, voicing deep concern that almost 900 million people worldwide do not have access to clean water.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 05:36 UTC

  UK Overseas Territories “fifth in world league table of bird extinctions”

  

  Put together the UK’s 16 Overseas Territories (including Falklands and South Georgia) are fifth in the world league table of bird extinctions, with at least ten species from the territories going to oblivion since 1500AD, partially or wholly because of the impact of non-native mammals, such as rats, feral cats, mice and pigs, according to BirdLife International site.

• Thursday, July 29th 2010 - 00:49 UTC

  Mujica and CFK announce agreement to jointly monitor the River Uruguay

  

  Uruguay and Argentina finally reached on Wednesday an agreement for the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay which should end the long-standing dispute over the construction of the Finnish UPM/Botnia pulp mill dating back to 2005.